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Walloping

To rush hastily.

📖 Definitions of "Walloping"

verb
  1. 1

    To rush hastily.

  2. 2

    To flounder, wallow.

  3. 3

    To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.

  4. 4

    To strike heavily, thrash soundly.

verb
  1. 1

    To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.

noun
  1. 1

    A series of wallops (blows.)

  2. 2

    Verbal abuse.

    "For forgetting to pick up the package again, my boss gave me a walloping."

adjective
  1. 1

    Whopping, large in size

  2. 2

    Of exceptional, impressive quality

🔄 Synonyms of "Walloping"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
bignounOf great size, large.
debaclenoun(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
thrashingnounAction of the verb to thrash.
whippingnoun(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
slaughternoun(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
thumpingnounA dull, heavy sound.
humongous(informal) Of an extremely large size.
drubbingnounA thorough defeat.
whoppingnoun(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
trouncingnounthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

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WordDefinition
whoppingnoun(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
bignounOf great size, large.
humongous(informal) Of an extremely large size.
largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
thumpingnounA dull, heavy sound.
debaclenoun(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
drubbingnounA thorough defeat.
thrashingnounAction of the verb to thrash.
whippingnoun(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
slaughternoun(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
trouncingnounthe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
whackingverb(countable) A beating.
bouncingnounThe act of something that bounces.
bangingnounThe action or sound of something that bangs.
swingeing(chiefly British) Huge, immense.
big-ass(vulgar, slang) Very large; especially, very large and also expansive, fat, impressive, muscular, intimidating, or important.
big fat(idiomatic, colloquial) Huge, colossal.
tearingverbThe act by which something is torn; a laceration.
gimongous(informal) Extremely large; enormous.
overhugeExcessively huge.

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